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Belgian Grand Prix

1961 Belgian Grand Prix

Round 3 of 8Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, SpaJun 18 196130 laps

Podium

VONFerrari

HILFerrari

GINFerrari

Key facts

WinnerHIL2:03:03.800 from P1

PoleHIL3:59.300

Fastest lapGIN3:59.800 on lap 20

Finishers13 / 26classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap
1	HILPhil Hill	Ferrari	1	–	30	2:03:03.800	9	–
2	VONWolfgang Von Trips	Ferrari	2	–	30	+0.700s	6	–
3	GINRichie Ginther	Ferrari	5	▲2	30	+19.500s	4	3:59.800
4	GENOlivier Gendebien	Ferrari	3	▼1	30	+45.600s	3	–
5	SURJohn Surtees	Cooper	4	▼1	30	+86.800s	2	–
6	GURDan Gurney	Porsche	10	▲4	30	+91.000s	1	–
7	BONJo Bonnier	Porsche	9	▲2	30	+167.100s		–
8	MOSStirling Moss	Lotus	8	–	30	+235.600s		–
9	LEWJackie Lewis	Cooper	13	▲4	29	+1 lap		–
10	MGRMasten Gregory	Cooper	12	▲2	29	+1 lap		–
11	DEBCarel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche	14	▲3	28	+2 laps		–
12	CLAJim Clark	Lotus	18	▲6	24	+6 laps		–
13	BROTony Brooks	BRM	7	▼6	24	+6 laps		–
DNF	GHIGraham Hill	BRM	6		24	Ignition		–
DNF	TRIMaurice Trintignant	Cooper	20		23	Gearbox		–
DNF	BANLorenzo Bandini	Cooper	17		20	Wheel bearing		–
DNF	BRAJack Brabham	Cooper	11		12	Engine		–
DNF	BIALucien Bianchi	Lotus	21		9	Oil leak		–
DNF	IREInnes Ireland	Lotus	16		9	Engine		–
DNF	MCLBruce McLaren	Cooper	15		9	Ignition		–
DNF	MAIWilly Mairesse	Lotus	19		7	Ignition		–
DNS	MARTony Marsh	Lotus	–		0	Money dispute		–
DNS	SEIWolfgang Seidel	Lotus	–		0	Money dispute		–
DNS	BURIan Burgess	Lotus	–		0	Money dispute		–
DNS	ALLCliff Allison	Lotus	–		0	Car damaged in practice		–
DNS	HTAHenry Taylor	Lotus	–		0	Car damaged in practice		–

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	HILPhil Hill	Ferrari	3:59.300
2	VONWolfgang Von Trips	Ferrari	4:00.100	+0.800s
3	GENOlivier Gendebien	Ferrari	4:03.000	+3.700s
4	SURJohn Surtees	Cooper	4:06.000	+6.700s
5	GINRichie Ginther	Ferrari	4:06.100	+6.800s
6	GHIGraham Hill	BRM	4:07.600	+8.300s
7	BROTony Brooks	BRM	4:07.900	+8.600s
8	MOSStirling Moss	Lotus	4:08.200	+8.900s
9	BONJo Bonnier	Porsche	4:08.300	+9.000s
10	GURDan Gurney	Porsche	4:08.400	+9.100s
11	BRAJack Brabham	Cooper	4:08.600	+9.300s
12	MGRMasten Gregory	Cooper	4:10.200	+10.900s
13	LEWJackie Lewis	Cooper	4:11.100	+11.800s
14	DEBCarel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche	4:16.700	+17.400s
15	MCLBruce McLaren	Cooper	4:17.400	+18.100s
16	CLAJim Clark	Lotus	4:17.700	+18.400s
17	BANLorenzo Bandini	Cooper	4:19.000	+19.700s
18	IREInnes Ireland	Lotus	4:20.000	+20.700s
19	MAIWilly Mairesse	Lotus	4:20.600	+21.300s
20	TRIMaurice Trintignant	Cooper	4:21.400	+22.100s
21	MARTony Marsh	Lotus	4:23.200	+23.900s
22	BIALucien Bianchi	Lotus	4:27.300	+28.000s
23	SEIWolfgang Seidel	Lotus	4:27.400	+28.100s
24	BURIan Burgess	Lotus	4:34.600	+35.300s

Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

Layout of the circuit as raced in 1961. Outline from F1DB.

Previous winners here

1960	Jack Brabham	Cooper
1958	Tony Brooks	Vanwall
1956	Peter Collins	Ferrari
1955	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes
1954	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati
1953	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari
1952	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari
1951	Nino Farina	Alfa Romeo
1950	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo

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